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CAN17 said..
The first design I want to make is the pfi 730. It has that gull wing shape. Would be very difficult to just sand a peice of pine into that shape with a electric sander. My idea is to start with a thick peice of pine, make measurements along the end of the wood(draw out the front wing profile). Make cuts in increments of around 1/4" using a circular saw. Make each individual cut along the entire wing chord changing the blade depth of each cut as I make my way to the wing tips. Then knock out with a hammer claw or chisel the wood channels I cut. This should give the wing a rough profile along the span. I could then sand and finish shaping the wing.
I think you're making it harder than you should. I don't know how thick the pine is you can lay your hands on, but I've been thinking to make a gull shaped wing with a PU core. I'd have done it like this: two pieces of 1cm thick PU foam glued to each other with a small object under the middle section and some clamps 5cm from the wing tips. Some basic gorilla/ pu glue would be enough to make those sheets stick an give you the arch you are looking for.
In terms of construction you've got to ask yourself the question what you are looking for. A wood core, fibreglass wrapped wing will make a very suitable prototype or freeride wing, but it'll be fragile when pushing for speed or jumping. I'd encourage you to make as many cheap and easy prototypes as you can imagine.
to get a high performance wing, you'd preferably have a lighter core and a suited carbon layup (triax or biax + uni, stronger in the centre and lighter on the tips). The core honestly doesn't matter that much, it can help but it are the fibres that have to take most of the forces.
another note, the thicker the wing, the stronger it is. If the layers of fibre are further apart from each other, it significantly improves strength. I'll spare you the details why that is, but my point is that it might be better not to start with crazy thin wings but rather progress to that.
a lot of brands use fibreglass for 90% and then a small layer of carbon so it can be sold at a higher price, so don't let the construction stress hold you back. However, I'd heavily recommend to use biax or rotate a twill/plain in such a way that it's at a 45 degree angle.
i'm switching from f-one to gong foils now so unfortunately, those fuse systems make it very hard to burst out prototypes. I'm currently focused on stabs so looking forward to the stuff you come up with!
don't hesitate to shoot a message if you want to further elaborate!